vesicle
ves·i·cle/ˈvɛsɪkəl/noun
vesicle is spelled V-E-S-I-C-L-E: 7 letters and 3 syllables (ves·i·cle). It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, vesicle means “A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of vesicle is vesicles.
How many letters and syllables are in vesicle?
| Letters | 7: V-E-S-I-C-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ves·i·cle |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,063rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is vesicle?
Vesicle appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce vesicle?
- /ˈvɛsɪkəl/
- /ˈviːsɪkəl/
Vesicle has 3 syllables, split ves·i·cle in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-vesicle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with vesicle
Sounds like: vesical (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of vesicle
- vesicles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vesicle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
- 2
A small sac filled with juice, one of many constituting the pulp of a fruit such as an orange, lemon, or grapefruit.
- 3
A small sac or cyst or vacuole, especially one containing fluid. A blister formed in or beneath the skin, containing serum. A bleb.
- 4
(usually and especially) Such a blister that is less than 5 mm in diameter.
- 5
A pocket of embryonic tissue that is the beginning of an organ.
- 6
A small cavity formed in volcanic rock by entrapment of a gas bubble during solidification.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vesicle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vesicle come from?
From Middle French vesicule, from Latin vēsīcula. By surface analysis, vesic- + -le. Doublet of vesicule.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).